New RSS stats need to be reflected in Total Plays

I am a podcaster and I like the new RSS stats broken out, it gives great visibility. HOWEVER, the "plays" under tracks and under "plays in last 24 hours" should reflect "Total Plays". Then when you drill down you should have it broken down by "on Soundcloud" and "RSS". This would be a great way for podcasters to have their real numbers easily reflected to the Soundcloud community. For example, I get about 8,000 downloads a week from RSS, but only about 300 from Soundcloud. So my "plays" went from 8,300 to 300. And the track's popularity is not reflected to the Soundcloud community.

icon

Best answer by Mathis16 June 2015, 14:11

Hello everyone,

When we took Podcasting out of beta a few weeks ago it came with a change in how podcasting stats are counted. This lead to some confusion among our users, and consequently, many of you provided feedback. Thank you!

After looking at a number of possible solutions, our podcasting product team will start rolling out an update: RSS downloads will count as plays again (they will now count towards the full play count). However, you will be able to differentiate the now combined figure on the stats page with a new tab next to your top websites / apps section. (See this screenshot).

The RSS downloads tab will remain there to show previous downloads from the duration when the tab was active, eventually this will be removed and these stats will be incorporated into the new tab and overall plays.

This change is being rolled out gradually, with 10% of all users already seeing this put into place.

Cookie policy

Cookie settings

We use 3 different kinds of cookies. You can choose which cookies you want to accept. We need basic cookies to make this site work, therefore these are the minimum you can select. Learn more about our cookies.